SUNY Buffalo State creates long-term, meaningful partnerships with community agencies through service-learning, volunteering, and other experiential opportunities for students.
These partnerships, designed to benefit both the students and the community, are the result of an increasing understanding nationwide that higher education institutions have a responsibility to the communities in which they are located. Service-learning is an important and growing movement in civic engagement and education at SUNY Buffalo State
New Community Partner Orientation
The Dr. Katherine S. Conway-Turner Office of Civic and Community Engagement will be holding a virtual orientation for new community partners who are interested in working with Buffalo State students, faculty, & staff through volunteerism and service-learning courses. Orientations will be held once a semester. Our next orientation will be held on Thursday, April 25 from 12-1pm. Register here.
Register for the next orientation here!
Watch a recorded version of the orientation here or at the bottom of this page.
Partnership Inquiry Form
If you are interested in more opportunities to partner with Buffalo State University, please fill out our General Partnership Inquiry form.
Service-Learning Handbook for Community Partners
Tabling Information
Community partners who are interested in engaging directly with Buffalo State students are invited to table between 11:00 am and 1:30 pm in the Student Union. Please contact Mark Brumby at cce@buffalostate.edu, and he will make sure you get signed up for a table.
Subscribe to Our Community Partner Connection
New Community Partner Orientation Video
LEAD California Panel
“Partnership Success: Community Partner Perspectives on Community Engagement”
Our Community Partners
88 Generation Peace & Open Society
African-American Cultural Center
Alzheimer's Association WNY Chapter
Artspace Buffalo Community Garden
Baker Victory Services WAY Program
Black Rock-Riverside Neighborhood Housing
BPS School 19-Native American Magnet
BPS School 30-Frank A Sedita Academy
BPS School 32-Bennett Park Montessori
BPS School 45-International School
BPS School 76-Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy
BPS School 80-Highgate Heights
BPS School 82-Early Childhood Center
BPS School 94-West Hertel Academy
BPS School 99-Makowski Early Childhood Center
BPS School 198-International Prep
BPS School 207-Lafayette International
BPS School 353-Newcomer Academy
BSC Student Accessibility Services
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Cazenovia Neighborhood Library
Cellular Biotech Training Program
City of Buffalo Environmental Planning
College-Based Transition Program
Community Health Center of Buffalo
Compass House Resource Ctr. & Shelter
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Erie Co.
Erie Co. Dept. of Social Services
Erie Co. DSS–Child Protective Services
Erie Co. Office of Geographic Information Services
Explore and More Children's Museum
Family Justice Center of Erie County
Feed My Sheep Ministries Food Pantry
Friends of Corpus Christi, Inc.
Gloria J. Parks Community Center
Grant Street Neighborhood Center
Greater Faith Bible Tabernacle
Hull Family Home and Farmstead
It Takes A Village Action Organization
Jericho Road Community Health Center
Latin American Cultural Institute
Lockport Cares Homeless Shelter
Lt. Col. Matt Urban Hope Center
Michigan Street Baptist Church
Naomi Chin Kit Memorial School
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
National League for Democracy Education Network
Native American Community Services
Northwest Buffalo Community Center
Partnership for the Public Good
Rijeka Center for Rehabilitation
Tapestry Charter Elementary School